Love Changed Me

Love Changed Me

I was running fast and free,

Trying to keep you far away.

Somehow I lost my point of view.

On our first date I wanted to kiss you.

Because love inspired me.

You said you had a cold but I said it was okay.

I could wait for yet another day.

You wanted to text during finals of my senior year.

I could not risk failing so I refused.

But love taught me.

By the lake in the heat of summer I proposed.

It was too soon and I needed to be patient.

I don’t remember who it was

That declared I was not good enough.

But love improved me.

Your leg is draped across my legs.

Last night tender words were said.

You took up space I reserved for me.

But I enjoyed sharing my bed.

Love captured me.

Your smile was the last thing I remember

From our wild and perfect night,

During our wedding some things went wrong,

But all the things that mattered went right.

Because love filled me.

There are those who thought our love shouldn’t be.

Time will erase all their doubts, if I love you tenderly.

Love changed me.

Technically

Technically

The spring that she graduated,

I met her for the very first time.

She was beautiful and so beguiling,

I was silly and talked in rhyme.

I told her very clearly how much

She would always mean to me.

I was convincing as I professed my love

And described our future as she wanted it to be.

I owe her big time, I’ve decided,

Because she brought me out of my shell.

She’d be surprised to know what I’m thinking

Even though she knows me well. 

My friends all think I’m crazy.

She’s the only one who thinks I’m sane.

But I can prove I’m as lucid as you,

Though technically I’ve been ruled insane.

Why would one think differently?

I go to work each and every day.

That’s where my best plans are made.

That’s why I continue to stay.

My boss keeps me from advancing.

He says he protects me like his own son.

But I know he’s not telling the truth,

Because there haven’t been any battles he’s won.

My wife and I don’t discuss things any more.

I refuse to listen as she states her point of view.

She’s overweight and filled with hate,

She has none of the sweetness that’s in you.

It is evident my love didn’t last forever.

I told her this morning that she and I were through.

She’ll look great in her pretty black dress,

Lying silently by me and you.